March 19, 2017
Actress Katrina Kaif has joined the international award-winning non-profit
organisation, Educate Girls as their ambassador, a statement said.
Katrina is deeply inspired to lend her voice to one of the most pressing
development issues - that of educating girls. Through her association with
Educate Girls, she attempts to bring renewed focus to girl child education and
gender equality, it said.
"For over a decade now, Educate Girls has been
partnering with the government in bringing out-of-school girls back to school. I
am committed to support Educate Girls in the endeavour to build an India where
girls have equal opportunities to access quality education," she said.
Katrina, who has spent time acquainting herself about the several barriers to
girls' education in the country, especially in rural or tribal regions, calls
Educate Girls' programme model "highly sustainable" as it is based on principles
of community-ownership and collaboration that involves the families, village
leaders, local administration and school authorities to jointly push for change.
Speaking on the occasion, Safeena Husain, founder of Educate Girls, said:
"It is a moment of immense honor for Educate Girls to have Katrina Kaif join us
as an Ambassador. With Katrina as an advocate, we are hoping to unite voices and
amplify conversations on the subjects of gender equity and girls' education. We
are hoping that this partnership will help contribute to the national mission of
"Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'."
In partnership with the government, Educate
Girls has been bridging the gender gap in education across 12,000 villages,
working with over 21,000 schools in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh over the last
ten years.